Flora Fyrdraaca, by Ysabeau S. Wilce

[lookfar]

This is a great book! It's actually two books - Flora Segunda and Flora's Dare - in one volume. I suppose it's a sort of young adult fantasy. Flora Segunda Fyrdraaca ov Fyrdracca lives in a vaguely, what, seventeenth century Venice kind of world, Califa, where houses, a la Montagues and Capulets, are the chief social organization. No cars, but

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[atdelphi]

Now that sounds interesting. *adds to 'to-read' list*

[lookfar]

OMG, wouldn't it be, like, so *awesome* if there was a single book in the whole world that we both liked?

[atdelphi]

*laughs* We'll find it someday - though maybe you'll have to write it.

[lookfar]

You charming girl. *hugs and kisses*

[hamsterwoman]

I'm reading Flora's Dare right now! Really enjoyed the first book, and am enjoying this one.

(BTW, I've developed a sneaking suspicion that Califa is actually San Francisco -- the fog, and also a lot of the place names. Which just makes the book/world even more charming.)

[lookfar]

What a funny coincidence! Did someone rec it to you online? That's how I got on to it, so we might have started at the same source, but I can't recall who.

[hamsterwoman]

It was, originally, an online rec, yes -- from one of mistful's (back when she was mistful) book reviews. I kept an eye out for the book for a while, and then finally found the first one a few months ago, and am just now getting to the second one.